Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2013 Year-End Wrap-Up - The Best Books of 2013!!!

I read so many amazing books this year and I wanted to feature the best of the best!!  These are all of my 4.5 and 5 star reviews from this past year (my first year of blogging!).  Plus, I've highlighted some of my absolute favorites!

Keep an eye out at the end of this month for my blogoversary giveaway.  It is going to be epic and I'm going to be giving away LOTS of these books that you see in this post!!  My readers deserve nothing but the best and you're going to get it - I'm so excited!!

4.5 Star Reviews:

  • Pivot Point by Kasie West | Review 
  • Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb | Review
  • The Program by Suzanne Young | Review
  • Colour Wielders by Dawna Raver | Review

  • Poison by Bridget Zinn | Review
  • Slammed by Colleen Hoover | Review
  • Before Midnight by Jennifer Blackstream | Review
  • The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle | Review

      • Immortals by Ednah Walters | Review
      • Escape From Eden by Elisa Nader  | Review
      • Sleepless by Tracey Ward | Review
      • Switch by Janelle Stalder | Review

          • Insurgent by Veronica Ross | Review
          • Allegiant by Veronica Ross | Review
          • Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen | Review
          • Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder | Review

              • Lichgates by S.M. Boyce | Review
              • Fragile Brilliance by Tammy Blackwell | Review
              • Pawn by Aimee Carter | Review
              • Secret by Brigid Kemmerer | Review
              5 Star Reviews:

                • Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead | Review
                • Unwholly by Neal Shusterman | Review
                • The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey | Review
                • The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa | Review

                  • Girls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer | Review
                  • Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout | Review
                  • Indelible by Dawn Metcalf | Review
                  • Storm by Brigid Kemmerer | Review

                  • You Are Mine by Janeal Falor | Review
                  • Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux | Review
                  • Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorenson | Review
                  • Divergent by Veronica Ross | Review

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                  • Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma | Review
                  • The Guardians by T.M. Franklin | Review
                  • My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick | Review
                  • Chasing the Star Garden by Melanie Karsak | Review

                  • Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer | Review
                  • Athena's Daughter by Julie Page Morgan | Review
                  • The Prophecy by Erin Albert | Review
                  • All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill | Review
                    According to Goodreads, I read 202 books this year!!  I reviewed 129 of them on this blog (I also reviewed some of the MG novels on Best Kids' Reads, but I haven't been as good about keeping up with that blog).  Out of those 129, 40 of them were 4.5 or 5 star reads!

                    Hope you all had a wonderful 2013.  I'm looking forward to another awesome year of getting to know all of you!!